Wild WC wrote:whats happening here Monique
Barry Hearn is in effect telling players that if they want to get payed its up to them to make private arrangement's with sponsors and hes in favour of that.
but ill pay you if your successful
but that rule is for all 128 players however just a fraction of those players will get Payed appearance Money.
if your self employed that means you have to go out there and Get it yourself he wont be giving it to them unless they win matches.
and just look at the Welsh Open Last 64 and Last 32 are worst off this year than Last year where the quarter finalists will be getting rewarded more.
If you are self-employed, you also should have the right to pick the jobs that suits your needs. That's my problem with Barry Hearn and his players contract. The contract restricts the players right to play in events outside WSA ones, it also forfeits some of their image rights to WS, without compensation.
The players contract doesn't guarantee any protection to the players, but it does restrict their earning possibilities. That's not right and whatever you or others who have no clue about it might think, Ronnie was damn right to take a stance against it and he never asked for WSA appearance money, he asked for players to be paid when they are asked to come to tournament early and do PR work. Again, if they are asked to do it, it's because there is value in it and they should get something for it.
Coming back to first round losers, in other sports like tennis for instance, first round losers are paid aren't they? The reason they are is because you can't have a match with a single player. Both contribute to the spectacle, both deserve something. Of course the winner deserves more, but the loser has done their job and should get something if only to cover basic expenses.
The comparison with golf doesn't hold because golf is essentially an individual's sport. The golfer has only one opponent, himself and needs to score as much as they can. It's entirely in their hand. If one of them has to withdraw, it doesn't effect the others and doesn't really effect the event coverage neither.